Cargo Barriers and Rear seats

Qld only state to have mod plates :(

Drivesafe
I ask the question because of many comments on this forum, I also asked about trvelling interstate on purpose for the same reason and the Police Liasion advised me that he had been asked the same questions before and so he decided to check with the other states and as I said in my original post no problem travelling from Sth Aus to any other state as the removal of the third row seats and the installation of a cargo barrier is not considered a safety issue, unlike doing a 3" lift and putting on wider rims with mud tyres.

Cheers
Treker

Treker,

I think Drivesafe has a good point, to put it another way. Just cause you have a vehicle registered in Northern Territory and the speed limit on many open highways is open, don't expect to come to QLD and get away with it. Road rules are not uniform from state to state, and they need to be adhered to regardless of which state you come from.
I do take on board what you say and it does make very good sense (removeing rear seats). I can't understand how the removal of rear seats makes a vehicle any less safe on the road. An engineers cert is (in my opinion) just stateing that a vehicle will be safe on the road, whether it has 5 seats, 7 or 8 doesn't make any diff as long as GVM weights are adhered to I can't see the diff.

Regards Trevor.

With only two front seats it maybe classed as a van and will cost you heaps more.

No if hes got it set upfor camping it can be reg as a caravan if in SA or a mob cvn if in WA and just pay the normal 6cyl rego I have done it with a ute and an Urvan

Sadly not.

A dude in Vic got nailed for this recently and 4wd Vic are working on finding out with Vicroads what the go is with it. It was in the latest newsletter which is on the 4wd vic site - PDF

Removal of Car Seats

It is with the greatest concern that it has been reported that a club member was fined by Victorian Police for having a storage system in the rear of his truck.

Members are advised to download the report on this issue from the Association website and keep the report in their glove box. In the event that a member gets pulled over, provide the report to the police officers, obtain his or her name and number, note the date and location and provide the information to Brian Cox at the Association office.

The Association is taking the matter up with Vic roads and Vicpol to obtain clarity and direction. It is clear that removing seats does not change the engineering of a motor vehicle inmost cases. A further report will be provided as the issue develops.